8020Info specializes in strategic planning, public consultation/ research, & marketing communications.
8020Info specializes in strategic planning, public consultation/ research, & marketing communications.
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Vol-22_No-16_Nov-14-2022
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at five types of work personalities to consider when recruiting, plus the secrets of charisma, befriending Google rankings, hybrid work challenges, a checklist for effective email design, and planning with strategic foresight. Enjoy!
Five Personas Behind The Great Attrition
Charisma: Lessons from RFK and Research
Befriending Google’s Page Ranking
Managers are Suffering in Hybrid
A Litmus Test for Email Design
Considering the Tools of Strategic Foresight
Reading: How to have Difficult Conversations about Race
Reading: On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
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Tagged charisma, Difficult Conversations, email design, hybrid work, page ranking, personas, strategic foresight, The Great Attrition, toxic employees, trade-offs, writing
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Vol-22_No-15_Oct-24-2022
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at the importance of friends at work, onboarding and accountability, using doubts productively, six skills your team needs and tips from marketing cookware. Enjoy!
The Importance of Work Friends
Understanding (and Improving) Accountability
How to Become a Productive Doubter
Tips from Marketing Cookware
The Model: Six Skills Your Team Needs
A Renewed Focus on Onboarding
Reading: IdeaFlow: The Only Business Metric That Matters
Reading: The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date
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Tagged accountability, doubts, friends, marketing, onboarding, productivity, reading, skills, team, work
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Vol-22_No-14_Oct-1-2022
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we go from funnels to flywheels to neuroscience, from optics to decision rights through to six leadership dimensions and how to use meetings to develop your team. Enjoy!
From Funnels to Flywheels
Neuroscience Lessons to Incorporate into Life
Include Leadership Development in Meetings
It’s the Decision, Not the Optics that Counts
Six Dimensions of Leadership
Decision Rights: DARE may be better than RACI
Reading: Getting Along | Information Anxiety
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Tagged DARE, decision-making, flywheels, getting along, information anxiety, leadership, leadership development, McKinsey, neuroscience, optics, RACI, Sales funnels
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Vol-22_No-13_Sept-12-2022
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look into losses that can go hand in hand with new strategies, seven rules of power, the impact of identities, pitfalls when presenting bulleted lists, and the importance of authority, warmth and energy in achieving success. Enjoy!
Own Up to Losses Linked to New Strategies
Presenting Bulleted Lists Effectively
The Power of AWE
People Pushing Off-Topic Narratives
The List: The Seven Rules of Power
Reflecting on Our Identities
Reading: Both/And Thinking
Reading: Maxims for Thinking Analytically
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Tagged analytical thinking, both/and thinking, emotional intelligence, maxims, New strategies, personal narratives, presentation, rules of power
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Vol-22_No-12_Aug-22-2022
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at “voice cultivation” to keep ideas alive in your organization, a way to focus on what matters most, policy expiration dates, conversations to pursue after onboarding, framing initiatives as experiments and balancing three board roles. Enjoy!
Keeping Ideas Alive
How to Keep Focused on What Matters Most
Give your Policies Expiration Dates
Conversations to Pursue after Onboarding
The Model: Framing Initiatives as Experiments
Finding Balance Among Three Board Roles
Reading: Building a Second Brain
Reading: The Anticipatory Organization.
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Tagged Anticipatory Organization, board roles, change projects, experiments, focus, Ideas, new employees, onboarding, policy management, Second Brain, what matters most
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Vol-22_No-11_Aug-01-2022
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at getting out of survival and burnout zones, how to lead through a no-win scenario, tips for interviewing customers, start-up systems, whose interest your board serves, and signs of non-inclusive hiring. Enjoy!
Getting out of Survival and Burnout Zones
How to Lead through a No-Win Scenario
The Wrong Way to Interview Customers
Start-up Systems Matter Too, Not Just People
Five Red Flags for Non-Inclusive Hiring
Whose Interest Does Your Board Serve?
Reading: Stage (Not Age) | This is Marketing
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Tagged board "owners", Burnout, customer research, hiring, inclusion, leardership, marketing, no-win scenarios, renewal, systems
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Vol-22_No-09_June 20-2022
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at inclusive strategic planning, employees you can’t fire, three intelligences, decision trees, smallest viable audiences, and 20 questions for leaders. Enjoy!
The Power of Inclusive Strategic Planning
Firing the “Indispensable” One
The Smallest Viable Audience
Speak to Three Intelligences
20 Questions for Leaders
Whose To-Do List Is It Anyway?
Reading: Navigate the Swirl
Reading: Simple Rules – How to Thrive In A Complex World
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Tagged audiences, decision-making, Difficult Conversations, inclusive, intelligences, leadership questions, Navigate the Swirl, presentations, simple rules, strategic planning
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Vol-22_No-08_May_30-2022
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at engaging different types of stakeholders, seven distractions to avoid, how to simplify your case to make it more persuasive, what we’re reading, and tips to ensure you’re solving the right problem. Enjoy!
The Engagement Onion
Seven Stupid Distractions to Eliminate
The Simpler Way to Be More Persuasive
Marketing in the Post-Pandemic Era
The List: Solving the Right Problem
Whose To-Do List Is It Anyway?
Reading: Good Strategy Bad Strategy | The Crux
Reading: The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward
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Tagged avoiding distractions, focus, marketing, persuasion, problem statement, regret, stakeholder engagement, strategy, to-do list
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Vol-22_No-07_May_09-2022
In this 8020Info Water Cooler we look at promoting change, encouraging staff, better check-in conversations, T-shape skill sets and knowing when it’s time to pull the plug. Enjoy!
Two Techniques for Promoting Change
Focus Your Check-In Conversations
The One-Minute Manager’s Top Takeaway
Scratch the Degree Requirement
When To Pull the Plug
Consider Hiring “T-Shaped” Leaders
Reading: A New Way to Think
Reading: Range (Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World)
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Tagged change, check-in conversations, dialogue, encouragement, hiring, marketing, one-on-ones, pull the plug, sales, T-Shaped skill sets, training
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